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Capital & Main
Capital & Main
Jerry Redfern

The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant

Richard Hodgson rounds up cows on his New Mexico ranch. All photos by Jerry Redfern.

About two months ago, a slow fall hit rock bottom for Richard Hodgson and his son Kaleb Hodgson when a white pickup truck drove through the middle of an elk hunt on their property in far northwest New Mexico. Elk scattered, their hunting clients left, and the Hodgsons realized that the oil companies that had drilled their land for decades might not be their friends after all.

“It just drives me totally insane,” Richard said. 

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